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J. A. HAWK.

UHURN.

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O o o-s-o-o o y A TTOH/VEYS UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

JOHN A. HAWK, OF BLUFF CITY, TENNESSEE, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO F. F.BROMLEY, OF SAME PLACE.

CHURN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. eoo,978,"aateki March22, 189s.

` Application led September- 15, 1897. Serial No. 651,753.A (No model.)

To a/ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN A. HAWK, residing at Bluff City, in the countyof Sullivan and State of Tennessee, have invented a new and ImprovedChurn, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to that class of churns having a removablevertically-reciprocating dasher; and it has for its object to -provide achurn of this character of a very simple and inexpensive construction,in which the several parts are arranged for easy manipulation and-whichwill effectivelyserve for their intended purposes. o v

This invention also has for its purpose to provide a churn having aconvenient arrangement of dasher-operating means and a dasher detachablyconnected therewith.

The invention consists in the peculiar combination and novel arrangementof parts,such as will be rst described in detail, and then specificallypointed out in the appended claims, reference' being had to theaccompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of myimproved churn. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section of the same.-Fig. 3 is a detail view of the butter-lifting device hereinafterreferred to. Fig. 4 is a horizontal section taken on the line 3 3 ofFig.2'. Y

Referring to the accompanying drawings, in which like numerals indicatelike parts in all the figures, 1 indicates the churn-body, which ispreferably of a square or rectangular shape, having suitable supporting-legs 1L and a hinge-'cover or top 2, which has side portions 2, havingbearings 3a for a crank-shaft 3, and brackets 4, having bearings for theoperatingshaft 5, which shaft has a crank-handle 52M and a drive-gear5b, which is held to mesh with a drive-pinion 3b on the crank-shaft 3,as clearly shown.

The hinge-cover 2 has a slot 2b for the pasl sage of the pitman-rod 7,secured to the crankshaft and having at the lower end a pair ofarrow-headspring-tongues 8,which are adapted to be moved into a lockedengagement with the rocker-bar 9 of the vertically-reciprocatingdasher-frame 10. The frame 10 has side members 10a, held to slidebetween the guides 11, secured to the opposite sides of the churnbody,and acentral rigid member 10b, which carries at the lower end a dasherhaving fixed arms 12, as clearly shown in Fig. 2.

So far as described it will be readily observed that by turning thecrank-handle 5f the dasher-frame will be reciprocated vertically withinthe churn-body. It will also be observed that by connecting the pitmanto the dasher in the manner shown and providing such frame with rockermember 9 when it is desired to remove the dasher it is only necessary tothrow back the hinge cover, which causes the pitman to lift thedasherframe to a point above the top of the body, such operation beingmade possible by the rocker movement of the bar 9, which follows theangle of the pitman, it being manifest that when the cover has beenraised and the upper end of the dasher-frame moved above the top of thebody the dasher can be readily disconnected from the pitman bycompressing the lock members 8,after which the dasherframe and dashercan be readily lifted out of the churn-body.

To provide a convenient means for lifting the butter out of the body inbulk, a removable holder 13, formed, preferably, of sheet metal andhaving a foraminated ybottom 13a, a pair of grooves 13b Von oppositesides, are iitted over the vertical guides 11, as clearly shown in Fig.4, by reference to which it will be observed that the holder 13 is of asize to snugly iit the internal area-of the holder. The sides of theholder have theirupper ends drawn into loops to receive the bailportions 15 of lift-rods 15a, one of which in practice lies closelyagainst the front and rear sides of the churn-body, and have their upperends terminating in handle portions 15C.

16 indicates the discharge nozzle or outlet for the buttermilk.

By providing a lift member, as described, it is obvious that after thecover vhas been thrown back and the dasher removed the butter can beremoved in bulk by lifting out the holder from the churn-body, it beingmanifest that the buttermilk will draw through the bottom thereof andpass through the discharge-nozzle.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings,

it is thought the advantages of my improvement will readily appear. Itwillbe observed that the dasher and the butter-holder are so connectedthat they can readily be removed from the churn-body and thedasher-frame so constructed that it can be quicklyattached to ordetached from the operating-pitman.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-

l. In a churn, the combination with the churn-body, the hinge-top, thepitman, the operating mechanism thereof supported on the said hinge-top,of the vertically-reciprocating dasher, having a slotted rocker-bar 9,and the spring-clamps secured to the pitman adapted to pass through suchslotted bar and be held in locked engagement therewith, substantially asshown and for the purposes described.

2. The combination with thc churn-body, having vertical guides and avertically-reciprocating dasher and frame, said frame having a slottedrocker niemberin the upper end, the hinge-cover, the crank-shaft andoperating means therefor supported on such cover, and the pitman-rod,said rod having arrowclamp members at opposite sides adapted to passthrough a slot in the rocker-bar into a locked engagement therewith, allbeing arranged substantially as shown, whereby the said pitman willserve to pull the dasherframe in a vertical line above the top of thechurn-body, substantially as shown and for the purposes described.

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J No. H. CALDWELL, M. S. JONES.

